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This year鈥檚 Grammy Awards included Taylor Swift winning the prestigious album of the year prize for her work 鈥�1989,鈥� while聽Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars were awarded the record of the year prize for their hit 鈥淯ptown Funk.鈥澛�

In addition,聽Ed Sheeran picked up the song of the year award for his song 鈥淭hinking Out Loud.鈥澛�

Other winners include Meghan Trainor, who won the best new artist award; Kendrick Lamar for best rap album for his work 鈥淭o Pimp a Butterfly鈥�; Ms. Swift for the best pop vocal album award for "1989"; Chris Stapleton for the best country album prize for his album 鈥淭raveller鈥�; the group Muse for the best rock album award for their work 鈥淒rones鈥�; D鈥橝ngelo and the Vanguard for best R&B album for the album 鈥淏lack Messiah鈥�; and the musical 鈥淗amilton鈥� for the best musical theater album award.聽

The cast of the latter performed as part of the telecast, an unusual move for the Grammy Awards but one that reflects how much 鈥淗amilton鈥� is dominating pop culture.聽

The time lag of the Grammys 鈥� and of most awards shows 鈥� can mean that the winners of some of these prizes can seem odd to observers. For example, despite winning the best new artist prize, Ms. Trainor has been on the scene for some time now, with her single 鈥淎ll About That Bass鈥� having debuted during the summer of 2014.聽

But Trainor鈥檚 album 鈥淭itle鈥� came out in January 2015, which may partially explain it. The Grammys eligibility date went from October 2014 to September 2015 for albums.聽

However, as one might assume, the best new artist award winner (or nominees) can be a harbinger of who wins the big prizes at the Grammy Awards years later. In 2008, Swift, now a Grammys mainstay, was nominated for the prize, while popular band Mumford & Sons was nominated for the award in 2011 and Mr. Sheeran and Mr. Lamar were nominated for the prize as recently as 2014.

Just being nominated for the award and performing a song on the Grammys telecast can be a boon. , singer Brandy Clark had the biggest percentage gain in terms of downloads for the tracks that were sung during the Grammys for her song 鈥淗old My Hand鈥� after she performing the song during the 2015 Grammys ceremony. Her number of downloads had previously been 鈥渁 negligible figure,鈥� writes Billboard reporter Keith Caulfield.聽

Winning or being nominated for the best new artist award doesn鈥檛 always guarantee music industry success, of course. 鈥淲ill the winner go on to dominance 鈥� or become the answer to a future trivia question about one-hit wonders?鈥� asked of this year鈥檚 best new artist winner.聽

Meanwhile, points out that the new artist prize is strange in that some artists have won it after releasing multiple albums. Mr. Hirsh advocates getting rid of it altogether. 鈥淏est New Artist is an odd duck,鈥� he writes. 鈥淚t's predictive at best鈥� and patronizing at worst鈥� Best New Artist is awarded not for the work of the past year but for the work the performer will be doing in years to come. It professes to honor an artist now for what they will do in the future. At the same time, Best New Artist carries with it the less-generous whiff of being a Grammy with training wheels."聽